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i just got this HB addiction that i just finished his movie Swindlers, he never ceased to amaze us! he can do action, drama - a versatile actor indeed!

Hahaha welcome to the club... for me he has the whole package, charns, looks and talented (common! With CLOY I even discovered that he plays piano! ). HB has been my long time k-drama crush hahaha... and those dimples when he smiles...

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Ditto it’s a beautiful song. Each time I hear it, it makes me sigh. Once they officially release it, I will definitely add it to my playlist.

Ey, after her heartbreaking “open” confession, I have been imagining their first reunion... a beautiful and full of emotions encounter with a hug and deep kiss. Please writer-nim and director-nim... give us a kiss to survive 2 weeks waiting

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Yejin's beauty is more alluring in person like the video capturing her face at the airport travelling to mongolia for a shoot. She has this small face profile yet she prefer to be simple in any projects she is in with a lil make up and lipstick. Love her simplicity. Its like telling to all aspiring man to love me for what i am not who i am

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I also noticed that, although RJH started speaking to her informally when he came to her in SJ's house. In the hospital after the kiss, he was still referring to her as 'Usted'. This is why I always watch CLOY in Spanish subs the second time bec Spanish also captures the speech levels in Korean, which do not exist in English.

For those who understand Korean, is there also a difference in the way RJH spoke to Se Ri after the kiss? In the Spanish subs on Netflix, it started when RJH went to see her in SJ's house, so basically, starting episode 8. In episode 7, while they were in the hospital room, he was still speaking to her formally.

Not really..

They mix both formal and informal speech here and there.. Even the last confession by Seri is using formal speech...

But they've also been speaking more comfortably compared to the earlier episodes, particularly RJH. They've been calling each other by names (though still with 씨 which is more formal than 야/아)...

On 1/13/2020 at 6:47 PM, dftio said:

Am I the only one who thinks that our Villain is doing an amazing job at his role? His reprisal as a scheming and cruel North Korean soldier is spot on, not to mention his accent which tops it all off! Just listening to him speak in the scene where he storms in on Sung Joon's residence and threatens to shoot him, leaves me in awe. I mean, I may not know much about the North Korean accent, but compared to even Hyun Bin and Seo Dan (who I feel sometimes let their Seoul accent slip in), Cho Cheol Gang sounds, looks and acts his part perfectly, down to a T.

He may be disliked, and trust me, he irks me too! But having a villain who truly seems threatening and riles the audience up is central to the success of the drama. I mentioned this before but if we compare both of Park Ji Eun's previous similar works, LOTBS and YWCFTS, the villain in the latter played a huge role as it really drew the audience in and made us sit nervously on the edges of our seat each week as we worried about our leads (and if anything, catapulted Shin Sung Rok to stardom too!) In comparison, the villain in LOTBS was slightly weaker, and eliminated far too easily, which was one of the gripes some fans of the drama had. Cudos to our villain!

Yes yes yes. Oh Man Seok is so amazing and versatile. I cannot really pinpoint NK accents either, but Oh Man Seok seems to have this gift of creating distinctive way of speaking and behaving as the villain, down to the way he stare, walk, and talk. He's scared me to death but I can't stop watching him... So amazing.

I liked the villain in MLFTS as well. SSR is also so versatile and I still think he's much better in darker roles than comedic ones...

PS: Both actors are more known in musicals. They both have amazing voices haha

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I’m new here and I crash landed here because of HyunBin oppa and Son Ye Jin Unnie.

I enjoyed watching this kdrama thoroughly and have watched all episodes up till the latest episode 8 . Am so excited to have stumbled on this show as it has been very entertaining watching the comedy , romance, suspense and all the action. It has also been really fun reading some of your comments, analysis, feedbacks, updates, musings of how swoon-worthy RJH is in the show...

I can’t wait till the weekend to see what happens next! RJH and YSR definitely has expressed explicitly their interest for each other in the last moments of episode 8 and am excited to see how their relationship will be taken to the next level now that more is at stake. Hope he finds her soon. ( that gunshot definitely did not kill her btw)

meanwhile I can’t help but wonder if either RJH or YSR actually remembers their numerous encounters back in Switzerland:

1. YSR and RJH admiring the paragliders from a spot

2. YSR wanting to commit suicide at the bridge but got distracted by RJH’s request to take his photo

3. She was on boat and heard him playing the piano by the pier .

Did all of this happened during one trip? Or they met at a different time hence the non disclosure of their identity(in NK). Or if could just simply be characteristics of a kdrama.

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I totally agree with you! There is no filler scene in this episode as each scene contains many meanings and emotions. I also chuckled when I watched Seri conducting the mini meeting-I love to see that leader personality in her. She also made me realize that JH and she had been very serious about planning her escapes and they have thought of every possible ways. I guess it's really time to get intervention from someone with higher authority such as JH's dad otherwise they're going in circles.

I also love the scene where SD's mom holding SD's hand. At first I was a little nervous, wondering what kind of secret that weak Pyo Chi Su spilled when he drank with SD's mom, then seconds later relieved because the suspense turned into a comical situation as the mom didn't remember anything herself, then emotional one as she held the daughter's hand.

One thing I want to point out is how those female villagers easily changed their loyalty from SR to Dan just by some little gifts given to them. The rather realistic portrayal of these villagers make me love them, then not love them, then love them...and just like with character GSJ, or the North Korean butler who worked for GSJ, or SD's mother... the unpredictability in their behaviors as incidents happen make the story suspenseful.

I agree with you on this! It's hard to predict how these villagers are going to behave and that is part of their charm. One minute they seem simple-minded but then you get these glimpses of loyalty (like the time they showed up at JH's house to drink with and comfort Seri after they found out about Seo Dan).

A part of me still thinks they are mostly loyal to Seri because they actually like her personality (apart from the gifts). Also, in comparison, Seri's gifts are much simpler and to them, she's poor so it's not like they actually have anything to gain by being friends with her and yet they are. With SD's mom, she gave them what one might deem as a luxury gift and remember that she stated that she owned a department store. So the villagers would actually have more to gain by being friends with SD's mom.

I think apart from receiving those creams from SD's mom, they also thought that Seri had left for good because remember she gave had told them that she was leaving? This is why they were surprised to see her back at JH's house.

10 hours ago, sussieh said:

I think that those are more like tears of pain since he is enormously worried about her safety at the moment.

He already knew about her feelings.
In my opinion he suspected her love around the time she asked for a hug before going to the airport. And he was sure of her feelings by ep 7.

Without saying those words aloud, both of them already knew that they are in love of each other. But by saying aloud that she loves him, it only proved to him that she was feeling in a extremely dangerous situation with her life at risk. So those words broke his heart (and our hearts!) .

I think that Seri actually saying "I Love You" is really important. Yes, they already probably knew they had feelings for each other. But to have it said and heard takes it to a whole new level. Also, Seri could've said that she liked him. But no, she said she LOVES him. And let's not forget that they've been denying their true feelings all this time and masking it under concern or wanting to protect each other.

Also, from what I've seen of Seri's character, she never puts herself in a vulnerable position and she is always thinking 10 steps ahead. We can see this from how she's never allowed herself to fall or get close to any of those men that her brothers arranged for her to meet. She was well-aware of their intentions.

What I also loved about this particular phone conversation before she tells him that she loves him was how she wished for his happiness a for him to live a very long life.

8 hours ago, gladys57 said:

It's so heartwrenching to see a sobbing JH confessing to his dad that he'll be living a life in hell if anything were to happen to SR.

I'm sure his dad (I'm sure he still cant get over MH's death and he cant afford to lose his last remaining son) will be in a dilemna as to what he'll do next. He has to act very cautiously as JCK has the audacity to get a search warrant for SR at his house. His position is at stake and his family members' life will be in japody.

Omo! The suspense is really heating up. Good thing we have the Kaesong ahjuma squad and JH's adorable ducklings to even out the agony.

I am also curious to see how the JH's father is going to react to all of this. Will he be friend or foe? One the one hand, he has a lot to lose considering his stature and reputation but on the other hand, he also loves his sons and considering that JH is his only remaining son, he may want to protect and help him.

From the episodes we've seen so far, it doesn't seem like there is discord in the relationship between JH and his parents. And the fact that JH felt comfortable asking his dad for a favour meant that he felt that his dad would hear him out and help him.

7 hours ago, nuttyz said:

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1. Emotional scenes between the leads.

There was not much dialogue, but less is more in this situation and you can really feel the pain and depth in their acting

2. The 2nd leads are not stupid

GSJ: When he confronted SR about the situation, he was instilling rational thoughts to SR and I found myself agreeing to SJ as he nails the implications of her actions into SeRi's head. It's the truth and not because solely for selfish reasons

SD: I've seen some comments in this thread that dislikes SD. I personally like her personality as an independent woman as she really hasn't done anything wrong. I would have done exactly like what she did in her shoes. JH is her fiance, she likes him and she is protecting her love and him. Her going to the father is for better advise on how to handle the situation. Even if JH wasn't her love interest, she would have done so out of concern for a family friend considering the whole family would be axed if found guilty of harbouring a South Korean spy.

3. SD's mum and her:

Ditto to one of you who mentioned you loved the part when SD's mum held her hands and said all she was concerned was if SD is happy. It was such a tender and heart warming moment coming from the comical mum

4. Alternating between comedic and serious conversations

Need I say more, you laugh through tears in some of the scenes

5. Man Bok and his conscience

6. Gorgeous leads

What I didn't really like:

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1. In some instances, I felt like SeRi's character was not consistent. She appears as a strong woman in South Korea but many times she seems to have lost that dominance in North Korea. I wished she was less of a helpless damsel in distress. I'm not sure if it was Son Ye Jin's interpretation of the role/acting/the script but with YWCFTS even though Jeon Ji Hyun was caught in a few damsel in distress moment (eg. Being saved by KSH multiple times), she still came across as someone with a strong and dominating personality, not so with Son Ye Jin.

2. Loveline between the leads

I wished the plot would have been written differently to reflect a more mature and blossoming love between the leads. Here are two 30 something successful and rational man and woman who is willing to give up their lives (and for JH, his family's life) for each other over a 1-month encounter is a little unbelievable for this 30 something ahjumma? I wished RJH had continued to show his more subdued side of love and allow SR to go back to SK then find some ways to be reunited with her.

3. Plot in North Korea

I hope we wrap things up in NK soon and see how the star-crossed lovers develop being apart from each other. Its fun and all, but I feel we have been teased of the "She's going home - She is nearly caught - She can't go home" loop without much plot development.

Here are my 2 cents. And yes, got my hubby to watch it with me and he is very aware of how I've gone cray-cray over the show!

I also love the same things you love about CLoY. I am very eager to see how Manbok is going to redeem himself.

As for Seri's character, I actually think she is still very much a strong woman. This is evident in how she's always managing to find ways to survive. She almost escaped JH and his squad, she used her knowledge of their shortcomings to get them to help her, she made herself a friend to the villagers with the original intention of getting JH promoted (which she thought might be of benefit to their situation), she thought about paragliding back to SK, she chose to drive JH to the hospital risking her possibly only chance to go back to SK, she was able to escape being detected by bad guy at the hospital, etc. You can also see how quickly she's able to adapt to situations.

But at the same time, she is in NK which is unfamiliar territory. In NK, they are stricter and have all these rules and customs she is not entirely familiar with. And there is this ever persistent danger not only to her but JH and his squad who she cares for. So there are instances where her fear is very valid and that impedes her ability to think or act in a way she would have otherwise. In SK, they don't just shoot people like they do in NK. She is a nobody in NK while she is all over the media in SK. She comes from an influential family in SK but she's just this poor SK woman in NK with no friends, families or any sort of ties. She is also fully dependent on the help of others for food, shelter, clothing, etc. All of these factors put her at a disadvantage.

As for the relationship between JH and Seri, I think we have to also remember that both are inexperienced when it comes to truly loving someone. Both had previously looked at marriage to be somewhat of a business arrangement, a reality they had accepted long ago. Seri knew she would likely have an arranged marriage considering her family background and the same goes for JH. Add the fact that Seri and JH met in NK, their circumstances make for an almost impossible relationship. So combine all of that and that's what makes for the type of relationship they currently have. Had they met somewhere else with a totally different set of circumstances, we can only imagine how different their relationship may have progressed.

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love this chapter and the farewell of SR in the next chapter the family of RJ and SD will see what he is capable of doing for love I think RJ's father will accept SR when she helps find the person responsible for the death of his son

I hope that if the rumors are false does not affect their friendship and they will distance themselves, it shows that they get along very well

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Hello, silent lurker here. I really like HB but this is the first time I see SYJ drama. I saw some of her movies, but normally she is just ok for me. This drama really show the difference between A Lister with idol drama.

Anyway... unpopular personal thought.. I hope they do not reunite in NK. The matter of fact, I hope SR is shipped to SK, so HB can follow her to SK. I think it will be a great development of the drama rather than circling on the 'how to get Seri back to SK' plot.

plot twist: the drama might end in unification and Joo muk got his date with Choi Ji Woo..

the drama might end in unification. this will be a very out of the box ending.

By the way... i saw from drama list, there will be guest appearance by Jun Ji Hyun and Lee Seung Gi too on the top of Kim Soo Hyun... OMG!

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I would like to address the following issue. A member has reached out to me about many gifs and gifsets being posted without giving credit to the original source.

Please remember those people are fans as well and that's why they keep on creating wonderful stuff in any shape or form (gifs, fanart and fanfiction). Even though they themselves use other people's work the gifs they create is THEIR art which takes a lot of time (more than some would think) and while they're very happy when those are shared here, it would be nice to see them properly credited.

So for future posts, please add "Credit: [insert name/tumblr name]" underneath those gifs. This way other members here can show their support for these people as well.